Zuppa di Piselli Spezzati

Split Pea Soup

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Venezia

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2008

  • About

The split peas in Venice are green but you can use yellow, if you like. If you aren’t going to serve the soup immediately, you’ll need to add water when reheating it, then stir well because you’ll find that it has almost set into a thick block.

Ingredients

  • 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) dried split peas
  • 2

Method

____Soak the peas in a big bowl of cold water for an hour or two. Drain well.

____Heat the oil in a large saucepan & sauté the pancetta lightly until softened & pale golden, being careful not to let it become crispy. Add the rosemary to the pan & sauté for another minute. Add the drained peas, stir well & then add the whole onion, celery stalk & carrot plus about